Contributions

  • Talbot, David, MD, FRCS. - Contributor
  • D'Alessandro, Anthony M. - Contributor
  • Muiesan Paolo. - Contributor

Publication

2009 - Oxford University Press, Oxford, England

Language

English

Word Count

80,500 words, Guess

Page Count

322 pages

Physical Format

Hardcover

Identifiers

and 2 more
  • Better World Books9780199217335
  • Open LibraryOL24007032M

Classifications

  • DDC617.95
  • LCCRD129.5 .O739 2009
  • LCCRD129.5

Description

With the success of organ transplantation and the declining number of heart beating cadaver doctors, the number of patients awaiting a transplant continues to rise. This means that alternative sources of donors have been sought, including donors after cardiac death. Such donors sustain rapid damage to their organs due to ischaemia, and as a consequence, some organs do not work initially and some none at all. The proportion of such transplants has increased dramatically in recent years—25% of kidney transplants in the UK were from such donors in 2006, highlighting how much progress has been made. Written by international experts, this book lays out the moral, legal, and ethical restraints to using such donors for organ transplant together with the techniques that have been adopted to improve their outcome. The different approaches and results of renal transplant according to country are covered together with the procedures and outcomes adopted to use other organs, notably the liver and lungs.

Description

With the success of organ transplantation and the declining number of heart beating cadaver doctors, the number of patients awaiting a transplant continues to rise. This means that alternative sources of donors have been sought, including donors after cardiac death. Such donors sustain rapid damage to their organs due to ischaemia, and as a consequence, some organs do not work initially and some none at all. The proportion of such transplants has increased dramatically in recent years--25% of kidney transplants in the UK were from such donors in 2006, highlighting how much progress has been made. Written by international experts, this book lays out the moral, legal, and ethical restraints to using such donors for organ transplant together with the techniques that have been adpoted to improve their outcome. The different approaches and results of renal transplant according to country are covered together with the procedures and outcomes adopted to use other organs, notably the liver and lungs.

Subjects

Other Editions

  • Organ donation and transplantation after cardiac deathHardcoverOxford University Press2009-01-01

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